Resurfacing work in Shifnal as part of town centre enhancement scheme
Work being carried out in Shifnal last year as part of the town centre enhancement scheme
Resurfacing work is to be carried out in Shifnal town centre from this week as part of the £3.6m scheme to improve and enhance the town.
Work began in September 2021 and is set to be completed in November [2022].
The work will see the old road surface taken out and replaced with a new tarmac surface, along with high-friction surfacing at junctions and new road markings.
Due to the existing traffic flows on narrow roads, and access to businesses and car parks during the day, the work is being carried out overnight (from 8pm to 6am) under full road closures.
The first section of work will be Market Place and Market Place/Victoria Road/Aston Street/Bradford Street junction. This will be carried out on Wednesday 19, Thursday 20 and Friday 21 October – from 8pm to 6am.
The second section of works will be Bradford Street and Bradford Street/Shrewsbury Road/Broadway junction. This work will be carried out on the nights of Monday 24, Tuesday 25, Wednesday 26, Thursday 27 and Friday 28 October – from 8pm to 6am.
Signed diversions will be in place during the road closures and traffic marshals will also be on duty at the point of each closure to offer help and advice.
There will be no through vehicular traffic when the roads are closed and work is ongoing, for the safety of the public and the site workers.
Footpaths for pedestrians will remain open.
The high-friction surfacing, and the line marking will be carried out during week commencing 31 October and will consist of road closures at junctions with localised diversions and temporary traffic signals.
The work is being carried out by contractors McPhillips, working alongside Shropshire Council, Shifnal Town Council, WSP and Traffix.
A spokesman for McPhillips said:
“We appreciate that there will be an unavoidable inconvenience, but for safety reasons and for maintaining the normally daily traffic flows and access/deliveries to businesses through the busy town, the best option is to carry out these works at night.
“We will endeavour to keep noise levels down, though this may be difficult with some of the operations which need to be carried out.
“Thank you in advance for your co-operation.”
McPhillips’ site agent is based on site for the duration of the Shifnal scheme and will be available during normal working hours if anyone needs to discuss any issues.
